Phone Notification Settings

Block all notifications if you wish for no notifications and not even the WhatsApp icon to appear on your phone's status bar.

Show silent notifications if you wish for notifications to have no sound, vibration or peeking. Peeking is an Android feature that allows notifications to briefly show on the top part of your screen while you're doing something else.

Hide sensitive content from showing in the notification preview on the lock screen.

On Android 8.0 or higher, you can use notification categories to set notification preferences.

You can also navigate to your phone's Settings app > Sound to adjust notifications volume.

WhatsApp Notification Settings

Open WhatsApp > tap More options > Settings > Notifications. Here you can set notifications for messages, groups, and calls by choosing:

Notifications tone.

Vibration length

Whether to show popup notifications. This is a WhatsApp feature that allows notifications to show in the middle of your screen.

Notifications light color (for applicable phones only).

High priority notifications (Android 5.0+). This setting can be used to disable peeking notifications. Peeking notifications is an Android feature that allows notifications to briefly show on the top part of your screen while you're using your phone. Disabling high priority notifications will result in WhatsApp notifications being placed lower in the notification drawer.